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What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief
Social support seems to enhance wellbeing and health in many populations. Conversely, poor social support and loneliness are a social determinant of poor health outcomes and can adversely affect physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Social support is especially important in traumatic grief. Ho...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8158955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34043716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252324 |
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author | Cacciatore, Joanne Thieleman, Kara Fretts, Ruth Jackson, Lori Barnes |
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description | Social support seems to enhance wellbeing and health in many populations. Conversely, poor social support and loneliness are a social determinant of poor health outcomes and can adversely affect physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Social support is especially important in traumatic grief. However, the ways in which grieving individuals interpret and define social support is not well understood, and little is known about what specific behaviours are perceived as helpful. Using qualitative description and content analysis, this study assessed bereaved individuals’ satisfaction of social support in traumatic grief, using four categories of social support as a framework. Findings suggest inadequate satisfaction from professional, familial, and community support. Pets emerged with the most satisfactory ratings. Further, findings suggest that emotional support is the most desired type of support following traumatic loss. Implications for supporting bereaved individuals within and beyond the context of the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-81589552021-06-09 What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief Cacciatore, Joanne Thieleman, Kara Fretts, Ruth Jackson, Lori Barnes PLoS One Research Article Social support seems to enhance wellbeing and health in many populations. Conversely, poor social support and loneliness are a social determinant of poor health outcomes and can adversely affect physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Social support is especially important in traumatic grief. However, the ways in which grieving individuals interpret and define social support is not well understood, and little is known about what specific behaviours are perceived as helpful. Using qualitative description and content analysis, this study assessed bereaved individuals’ satisfaction of social support in traumatic grief, using four categories of social support as a framework. Findings suggest inadequate satisfaction from professional, familial, and community support. Pets emerged with the most satisfactory ratings. Further, findings suggest that emotional support is the most desired type of support following traumatic loss. Implications for supporting bereaved individuals within and beyond the context of the COVID-19 pandemic are discussed. Public Library of Science 2021-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8158955/ /pubmed/34043716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252324 Text en © 2021 Cacciatore et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Cacciatore, Joanne Thieleman, Kara Fretts, Ruth Jackson, Lori Barnes What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief |
title | What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief |
title_full | What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief |
title_fullStr | What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief |
title_full_unstemmed | What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief |
title_short | What is good grief support? Exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief |
title_sort | what is good grief support? exploring the actors and actions in social support after traumatic grief |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8158955/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34043716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252324 |
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